Aquatic herb
Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Boottia alata Gagnep. |
synonym | Boottia bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. & Vaniot |
synonym | Boottia lanceolata Gagnep. |
synonym | Boottia thorelii Gagnep. |
synonym | Damasonium alismoides (L.) R.Br. |
synonym | Damasonium indicum Willd., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Damasonium javanicum Blume |
synonym | Damasonium lactucifolium Planch. |
synonym | Damasonium lancifolium C.Presl |
synonym | Damasonium timorense Zipp. ex Span., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Damasonium tranquebariense Schult.f. |
synonym | Hydrocharis bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot |
synonym | Hymenotheca latifolia Salisb. |
synonym | Ottelia alata (Gagnep.) H.Li |
synonym | Ottelia alismoides var. cordifolia Kuntze |
synonym | Ottelia alismoides var. javanica (Blume) Kuntze |
synonym | Ottelia alismoides var. lacustris (Kom.) Kitag. |
synonym | Ottelia alismoides var. lanceolata Kuntze |
synonym | Ottelia alismoides var. oryzetorum (Kom.) Kitag. |
synonym | Ottelia bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Dandy |
synonym | Ottelia condorensis Gagnep. |
synonym | Ottelia dioecia S.Z.Yan |
synonym | Ottelia ensiformis Blanco |
synonym | Ottelia hoffmeisteri Klotzsch |
synonym | Ottelia indica (Willd.) Planch. ex Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. superfl. |
synonym | Ottelia japonica Miq. |
synonym | Ottelia javanica (Blume) Voigt |
synonym | Ottelia lactucifolia (Planch.) Walp. |
synonym | Ottelia lanceolata (Gagnep.) Dandy |
synonym | Ottelia philippinensis Ostenf. |
synonym | Ottelia thorelii (Gagnep.) Dandy |
synonym | Stratiotes alismoides L. |
synonym | Stratiotes quinquealatus Stokes, nom. superfl. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Zhuang, X.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Homsombath, K. & Meng, M.
Contributors: Drius, M.
Justification: This aquatic plants is widely distributed in north-astern Africa, South Korea, eastern and southeast of Asia and the tropical regions of Australia. It grows in shallow waters, ponds and in rice fields. It has been reported from many countries across tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia and covers a wide geographic range. It faces no major threats and is therefore listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No information available.
List of Conservation Actions: 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.4.1
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering & fruiting during Autumn.
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Morphology
An aquatic submerged herb, sometimes with partially floating leaves. Leaves radical, crowded, the submerged ones are narrow, the floating leaves are long-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, oblong or cordate. Flowers solitary, hermaphrodite, sessile within a tubular, long-peduncled spathe. Sepals 3, linear or oblong. Petals 3, larger, obovate or orbicular, with fleshy basal appendages, white. Stamens 6-15, 2-5-seriate; anthers erect. Carpels connate, ovary 6-celled, ovules many. Fruit oblong,enclosed in the spathe, 3-6 winged, seeds many. It is found in stagnant water bodies all over the state.
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Miscellaneous Details
An accepted synonym is Stratiotes alismoides L.; Its common name is Duck-lettuce.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Freshwater
River banks, streams, ponds, ditches, puddles
Habitat and Ecology: This species grows in shallow water edges and ponds and in rice field in southeast Asia.
Systems: Freshwater
List of Habitats: 5, 5.7, 5.8, 15, 15.8
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal; China, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Indian Distribution
Barak Valley, Kamrup (Guwahati)
Range Description: Widely distributed in northeastern Africa, South Korea, eastern and southeast Asia and the tropical regions of Australia. It is introduced in North America, where it is considered invasive.
Countries - Native: Australia (Coral Sea Is. Territory, Northern Territory); Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Introduced: United StatesChina (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Egypt; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Japan; Korea, Republic of; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Malaysia; Nepal; Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group)); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Zhuang, X.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Homsombath, K. & Meng, M.
Contributors: Drius, M.
Justification: This aquatic plants is widely distributed in north-astern Africa, South Korea, eastern and southeast of Asia and the tropical regions of Australia. It grows in shallow waters, ponds and in rice fields. It has been reported from many countries across tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia and covers a wide geographic range. It faces no major threats and is therefore listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No information available.
List of Conservation Actions: 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.4.1
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Threats
Major Threat (s): The major threats in Yunnan included human exploitation, habitat degradation and pollution. No global major threats have been reported.
List of Threats: 5, 5.4, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 6, 6.1,7, 7.3,9, 9.1, 9.1.1
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
Fruits are eaten in upper Assam, quite agreeable in taste.
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2831
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2831 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Li, H. 1985. The flourishing and declinning of Ottelia acuminata in the Lake Dian Chi. Jouranl of Yunnan University: 13-1472.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Yu, D., Chomg, Y., Tu, M., Wamg, X. and Zhou, X. 1998. Study on the threatened aquatic higher plant species of China. Chinese Biodiversity 6(1): 13-21.
- Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Li, H. 1985. The flourishing and declinning of Ottelia acuminata in the Lake Dian Chi. Jouranl of Yunnan University: 13-1472.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Yu, D., Chomg, Y., Tu, M., Wamg, X. and Zhou, X. 1998. Study on the threatened aquatic higher plant species of China. Chinese Biodiversity 6(1): 13-21.
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2831
Information Listing > References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Li, H. 1985. The flourishing and declinning of Ottelia acuminata in the Lake Dian Chi. Jouranl of Yunnan University: 13-1472.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Yu, D., Chomg, Y., Tu, M., Wamg, X. and Zhou, X. 1998. Study on the threatened aquatic higher plant species of China. Chinese Biodiversity 6(1): 13-21.
- Citation: Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- Duke, J.A. 2010. Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl. (Accessed: 20 January).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Li, H. 1985. The flourishing and declinning of Ottelia acuminata in the Lake Dian Chi. Jouranl of Yunnan University: 13-1472.; USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. 2010. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl.; Yu, D., Chomg, Y., Tu, M., Wamg, X. and Zhou, X. 1998. Study on the threatened aquatic higher plant species of China. Chinese Biodiversity 6(1): 13-21.
- Zhuang, X. 2010. Ottelia alismoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2831
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Alismatales |
Family | Hydrocharitaceae |
Genus | Ottelia |
Species | Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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👥 Groups